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HOUSE  OF  REPRESENTATIVES,  Feb.  27,  1865.— Referred 
to  Committee  of  Ways  and  Means,  and  ordered  to  be  printed. 

[By  the  Ciiaiij.] 


MESSAGE  OP'  THE  PRESIDENT. 

Richmond,  Va.,  Feb.  2-5,  1865. 

To  tJie  Sauilc  and  Jfouse  of  Represejif.aiives : 

I  herewitli  transmit,  for  your  consideration,  a  commu- 
nication from  tlie  Secretary  of  War,  covering  an  estimate  for  an  addi- 
tional appropiiiitioii  rcipiinMl  by  the  War  Department. 

JEFFERSON  DAVIS. 


COMMUNICATION  FROM  SECRETARY  OF  WAR. 

CONFEDEKATE    StATES    OF    AMERICA, 

Wak  Department, 
Richmond,  Va.,  February  2:2,   1865. 

To  tlic   President  of  the    Confederate.   States: 

Sri{ : 

I  have  tiie  honor  to  transmit  herewith,  an  estimate  of 
funds  required  to  supply  a  deficiency  in  the  apjiropriation  for  tlie 
<'onipensati(>n  of  the  Secretar}'  of  ^Var,  Assistant  Secretary,  (Hiief  ol" 
]^>ureau,  Clerks  and  ]\[esscMi<z-('rs,  arising  from  the  increase  of  pay 
authorized  by  the  recent  legislation  of  Congress.  The  estimate  is 
fur  the  fiscal  period  ending  June  JJOth,  1SG5. 

A^M'}'  respectful  1}', 

V<iur  obedient  servant, 

JOHN  C.  BRECKINRIDGE, 

Sicrctiinj  of  J  Far. 


E  S  T  I  M  A  T  E  . 

Confederate  States  of  America, 
War  Department, 
Richmond,  Va.,  February  22,   1.865. 
Sir: 

I  have  the  honor  to  request  that  you  will  ask  of  Congress 
an  appropriation,  before  its  adjournment,  of  the  following  sum: 

For  "compensation  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  As- 
sistant Secretary,  Chief  of  Bureau,  Clerks  and 
]\[esspngers"  (to  supply  deficiency  caused  by  in- 
crease of  pay  from  the  present  time  to  June 
-•]Oth,  1S(;.5),        -  -  _  -  -  S  I(io,:30()  00 

Very  respectfully. 

Your  obedient  servant, 

ALFJIEI)  CII A  P:\rAN, 

nish\ir  CIL  IVar  Ihp'l. 
llox.  J.  C.  Bi;i:CKiXRTi)GR,   *Srr.  of  War. 


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